rocker
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈrɑːkər/
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rockero
- The rocker played an energetic set that had the entire crowd singing along.
Like he almost looked like a rocker from like, ACDC just showed up.
- Like he almost looked like a rocker from like, ACDC just showed up.
- Well, what are the themes that Eminem and many other rappers and rockers are talking about during those years?
- I can go to a show now and see old rockers, you know, rocking out in a crowd full of mostly old people as well.
- And I was with Kid Rock, who was drinking his whiskey like a normal rocker should.
- Gigi Allen was this extreme punk rocker.
- So, you know, bands formed the epicentre of your understanding of the world, whether you're a hippie, A rocker, rockabilly, a mod hunk, or, like me, a goth.
- Grant was a punk rocker in Penelope Spheris movies and stuff and in a band with Flea and I, you know, and these were like mentors to me.
Examples
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Oh man, oh man, oh man, rockers are good.
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I can go to a show now and see old rockers, you know, rocking out in a crowd full of mostly old people as well.
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Now, Mark is not a punk rocker.
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- You want to be a punk rocker?
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This is the kid, the punk rocker that Sankur attacked the other night.
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Well, hopefully 20th Century Fox will bring these famous rockers into this film too.
Blog text (13) -
I am a rocker!
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She's a rocker, wearing a Who tee-shirt, a mood ring, and just a little too much make-up.
Fiction book (1999) -
Nick, the socialist punk rocker, as a tweedy stockbroker.
Academic text (2001) -
Several years ago, the writer John Strausbaugh took up the age-old complaint about veteran rockers growing old disgracefully.
Academic text (2007)
Compounds
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4.2
A young person who plays or likes loud, fast guitar music and dresses in leather with spiked hair
- Archaic
A wooden rocking chair with a high back made of thin wooden bars and a decorative top piece
A chair that sits on a fixed platform and moves gently back and forth without sliding across the floor
How Involved
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Etymology
Rocker comes from the verb rock, which means 'to move back and forth', and from the music word rock, which makes people want to move. So a rocker is someone who plays or loves rock music — someone who 'rocks' the crowd.